Game-board



(No Model.)

J WOOD.

GAME BOARD.

No. 446,942. Patented Feb. 24,1891.

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JAMES lVOOD, OF TI-IORNTOXVN, INDIANA.

GAME-BOARD.

SPECIFICA'I ION forming partof Letters Patent No. 446,942, dated February 24;, 1891.

' Application filed October 29,1890. Serial No. 369,734. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES \VOOD, a citizen of the United States, residing at 'lhorntown, in the county of Boone and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Game-Boards, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved gameboard.

The object of my improvement is to provide a portable game-board on which a game somewhat like billiards may be played with marbles.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention.

Figure 1 is a plan. tion at a, Fig. 1'.

A is a circular board, preferably about three feet in diameter, and having around its periphery an upwardly-projecting flange or rim B. At opposite sides of the board are inclosed pens or pockets 0 and D. Pockets O and D are each formed by inclosing a portion of the circular space within the rim B by means of a partition E, arranged at right angles to a diametrical line drawn through the center of the board, and two side partitions F F, arranged at an acute angle to said diametrical line, so as to connect the ends of partition E and the rim. For the purpose of retaining the marbles when they have entered the pocket the bottom of the space thus inclosed is cut away, so as to be below the general surface of the board, this being most easily accomplished by cutting a piece out of the board and covering the under side of the opening by a thin piece G. Each of the partitions E and F is provided with a perforation I-I, arranged flush with or below the general Fig. 2 represents a secsurface of board A, so that a marble or ball may roll easily from the board through the perforation. One, two, or more pairs of the pockets G and D may be arranged at intervals around the board, so as to accommodate one or more pairs of players.

In playing the game the board is laid level on a table or other suitable support, and the opposed players taketheir places,respeotively, at the pockets 0 and D. Each player having a supply of marbles each in turn places a marble on the board near his own pocket and endeavors to drive the marble by snapping it with the thumb and forefinger through one of the perforations H into the pocket of his opponent on the opposite side of the board. If the marble enters the pocket at which it is aimed, it becomes a counter in favor of its starter. If, however, the marble fails to enter the pocket at which it is aimed it is allowed to rest upon the board where it stops, and may be again driven only by one party or the other snapping a marble against it until it is finally pocketed and credited to the party last driving it.

I claim as my invention-* In a game-board, the circular board having a raised rim and at opposite sides of its periphery a pair of pockets, each formed by the perforated partition E, arranged at right angles to a radial line passing through the center of the board, and the oppositely-inclined perforated partitions F F, arranged to connect said partition E and said rim, as set forth.

JAMES lVOOD.

Witnesses:

O. B. BEADLE, J. J. Moonn. 

